"SpaceX Sets Record with Simultaneous Satellite Launches from Both Coasts"

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"SpaceX Sets Record with Simultaneous Satellite Launches from Both Coasts"
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Less than 24 hours after launching a crew to the International Space Station, SpaceX launched 53 commercial satellites from California and 23 of its own Starlink satellites from Florida. Among the payloads was MethaneSAT, a satellite developed by the Environmental Defense Fund to monitor methane emissions. SpaceX also set a new record by launching three Falcon 9 rockets within 20 hours and plans to launch more than 140 Falcon-family rockets this year.

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